Parenting and Privilege

September 15, 2012 10:37 AM

Asking for a friend: any one know of popular (or scholarly) books/articles on raising feminist children that might give more than a nod to boys?

Bonus points for sources that might help to navigate other forms of privilege that the newborn son has been born into.

posted by soonertbone to Society & Culture (4 answers total)

Is the goal to raise them to treat everyone fairly or to teach them feminist theory and history, or both or something else?
posted by michaelh at 11:15 AM on September 15, 2012

I don't know if your friend is interested in blogs, but if so, Rainsing My Boychick is a great place to start, and the book reviews can provide some good suggestions for what to read.
posted by logic vs love at 12:09 PM on September 15, 2012

The Truth About Girls and Boys by Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack and Mary Pipher
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:19 PM on September 15, 2012

Jackson Katz has a lot of relevant work.

There's an interesting roundtable-in-essays here.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:33 PM on September 15, 2012